FESTIVALS ARE BASICALLY a picnic at the community level, aren’t they? And just like family picnics, festivals seek to bond. Favourite snacks are brought along by uncles and aunties, favourite games are arranged for the children, and favourite drinks in all colours are prepared to avail all who are kind enough to come. There is always hope that distant relatives as well as close ones who live far away will somehow find the time and the impulse to turn up. To enjoy and to add to the enjoyment.
The expectancy is always high. And one hopes the weather will be kind, that all will behave, and that no bad argument breaks out.
